Thoughts from the interface of science, religion, law and culture

After spending several years touring the country as a stand up comedian, Ed Brayton tired of explaining his jokes to small groups of dazed illiterates and turned to writing as the most common outlet for the voices in his head. He has appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show and the Thom Hartmann Show, and is almost certain that he is the only person ever to make fun of Chuck Norris on C-SPAN.

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Beck’s Election Prediction

Glenn Beck, who thinks that Mitt Romney is just like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, is making his predictions on the election. And he thinks Romney wins by more than 100 electoral votes, because God is on Romney’s side.

So if that doesn’t happen, will it prove that God doesn’t want Romney? Or that Beck has no idea what God wants? Or that there is no God? Of course not.

Evangelical Christiansn will screech and scream that the Mormon and the Roman Catholic tricked them and then will proceed to claim that the world will end in December.

I remember about 40 years ago when I first heard about the Rapture. At the time, given the people I knew who believed they would be taken up in the Rapture, it seemed like it would improve the gene pool enormously. I have never since seen any reason to change my mind.

There is a single victim in all this. His name is Ed Brayton. I think we’re going to need to get a caffeine drip via IV to keep him blogging through all of the right-wing fallout after Obama wins tonight.

If we can get the same sex marriage initiatives passed in one or more states, and we see the outright theocrats like Akin and Mourdock lose, it will be even better.

If we can get the same sex marriage initiatives passed in one or more states…

It’s passing in Washington.

Looks like it’s passing in all four. Though in Minnesota, it’s not doing much except maintaining the status quo. No further towards equality, but at least it looks like the voters are rejecting the idea of moving even further away.

It’s really messed up when that counts as a win. Still, if it’s all we can get, I’ll take it.

Maine, Maryland, and Washington though, those are epic. Messed up again, when this stuff is up for a popular vote, but it’s still amazing to see those rights recognized through whatever process- and that people are getting sane enough that a popular vote can actually get it done.

Now that anything to be elected Ron as lost, will Beck eat the crow he richly deserves. Oh and it appears that Obama won the popular vote so Beck, Rush, and Hanity can’t whine about the people’s will being thwarted.

I think we’re going to need to get a caffeine drip via IV to keep [Ed] blogging through all of the right-wing fallout after Obama wins tonight.

Only Ed knows, of course, but I believe he eats the forthcoming entertainment like Popeye the Sailor eats spinach. The real problem may be what the feck can we do to keep up with the forthcoming blog monsoon?